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Sweat was dripping off Andy Roddick's white baseball cap, flying off his sleeves, making puddles at his feet. An occasional expletive burst from his mouth and he carried on a considerable conversation with chair umpire Enric Molina of Spain.

Dinara Safina had just advanced to the Australian Open semifinals, staying on track for her first Grand Slam title and a chance to become No. 1. But she thought an apology ...

When it comes to playing night matches at the Australian Open, Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic think convention shouldn’t always dictate ladies first. “If everything is equal all across the way, I feel ...

World number two Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic reach the second round of the Australian Open.

The chance to be the caretaker of a tiny tropical island in Australia has sparked so much interest around the world that a rush of applications crashed the website advertising the post. The job, offers a salary of $105,000 to spend six months on the Great Barrier Reef island of Hamilton.